Posted by emmanuel98 on January 11, 2012, at 19:32:36
In reply to Re: What you pay for, posted by Daisym on January 11, 2012, at 19:08:32
Once I called my SW therapist to change an appointment time and she changed it in her book, but forgot to call me. So I came at my regular time and she had another client. We agreed that I would return in an hour. When I came at first I saw a client leaving and when I came again I saw a client coming. It depressed me so much. This parade of clients of which I am only one. I couldn't talk to her, I was so upset, but I told my p-doc the next day and he said if you were our only client we couldn't afford our rent. But he reminded me that therapy is very different from teaching college (which is what I do). I see 90 students a semester and have a hard time remembering their names. He said most therapists see 25-30 clients a week, spend an hour with them over a long period of time and come to know them and care for them very much.
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